It's basic physics of relative mass and energy transfer.
I once knew a guy who chewed tobacco and had a styrofoam spit cup sitting on the center hump of his mid-70's pontiac bonneville (classy, no?) who had a little honda civic pull out in front of him. The civic got obliterated. Fiberglass fragments all over the road. The spit cup in the pontiac never even spilled over.
Also, this:
Ode to Harry“I once knew a guy who chewed tobacco and had a styrofoam spit cup sitting on the center hump of his mid-70’s pontiac bonneville (classy, no?) who had a little honda civic pull out in front of him.”
The 73 Pontiacs had bumpers that gave it the capability to ram its way into Ft. Knox. And yes, the Bonneville was a BEAUTY.